Chairman & Managing Director
Paul Lock is the founder and Managing Director of Pan Asia Metals, the only battery metals company with lithium mining and processing projects under feasibility in Southeast Asia. With over a decade of mineral exploration experience in Southeast Asia, Paul is a seasoned expert in the region and the industry.
Before founding Pan Asia Metals, he served as a corporate adviser at Everspring Partners and worked in various roles in corporate advisory and leveraged finance at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He also has experience as a derivatives trader and high-yield bond investor at Rothschild & Co. and worked in the commodity trading division at Marubeni Corporation. Paul holds various academic qualifications, including a Master of Political Economy from Sydney University and a Master of Business Administration from Macquarie Graduate School of Management, and is also a member of AusIMM.